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by Bruce Cherney
Children in Manitoba can be forgiven if they are heard chanting, “Rain, rain, go away/Come again another day.”
While the province has been incessantly under a deluge of rain, the only critters bene...
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by Bruce Cherney
Perhaps what Bobby Clark of Norway House saw and videotaped near Nelson House on April 16 this year was not a Sasquatch, but a Windigo. After all, a Windigo has more to do with First Nations lore in Manitoba than a S...
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by Bruce Cherney
Since its formation from the remnants of glacial Lake Agassiz some 7,500 years ago, Lake Winnipeg has been a haven for fishers. First Nations people caught fish using weirs, harpoons, hooks and nets at the mouths of ...
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by Bruce Cherney
Murray Peden, a Canadian pilot with 214 Squadron of Royal Air Force Bomber Command, wrote in his book, A Thousand Shall Fall, that the most terrifying moment for any bomber crew during the Second World War was ...
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by Bruce Cherney
The Manitoba, the Royal Alexandra, the Empire, the Mariaggi, the Marlborough, the Fort Garry, the Fairmont are all names of hotels associated with elegance today or in the past.
Even its first hotel, est...
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by Bruce Cherney
The holiday just passed is a time when people open up their cottages for the summer season, travel to provincial parks to camp out, go on a fishing trip or visit family.
But, the actual reason for Victoria Day...
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by Bruce Cherney
There are some striking similarities to today’s political environment in Canada and what occurred in 1926.
Some pundits have even suggested that it’s not too far of a stretch to replace Prime...
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by Bruce Cherney
“The trend is worrisome news for the U.S. packing industry,” writes Omaha World-Herald writer Mark Kawar, “which has seen financial losses, production slowdowns, layoffs and even a packing plant phy...
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by Bruce Cherney
The Manitoba Clean Environment Commission is holding hearings on the potential environmental, socio-economic and cultural effects of the proposed $665-million expansion of the Red River Floodway.
At the hearin...
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by Bruce Cherney
Each February, the Festival du Voyageur is held in Winnipeg, celebrating the joie de vivre of the early pioneers in Canada’s West. This year, the festival runs from February 11 to 20.
The voyageur, the b...
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